Coin-operated amusement device.



No. 770,299. PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904. A. MARTINDELL. COIN OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1903.

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Patented September 20, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EETEE.

ALBERT MARTINDELL, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,299, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed November 21, 1903. Serial No- 182,132. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT MARTINDELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in (Join-Operated Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices in which automatons are operated by mechanical means, the said means being set in motion by the insertion of a coin into a proper coin-chute.

The object of my invention is to improve the means for operating the figures, to operate said means by a weight, to provide a lever for moving the weight into the proper position to work the mechanism, to lock the mechanism against movement while the weight is being raised to its operative position, and to lock the lever against movement until the proper coin has been inserted into the coinchute.

My invention consists in carrying out these various objects by means of the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the device. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the lever partly in section and the looking mechanism in locking position. Fig. A is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 3, thelever being shown in cross-section and the locking parts being disengaged from the le-' ver. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the frame carrying the winding-drums and gear-train. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the pawl and ratchet.

In constructing my device I employ a rectangular box A, cutout at one end, on one side, and at the top, and glass panels A are fitted in the cut-out portions, which may be of any size and shape desired. The box is provided with a false bottom A which stops short of a rear corner of the box, whereby a well A is provided. A coin-drawer A is arranged below the false bottom and is provided with a lock A of any desired make.

A lever B is pivotally connected at its inner end to a bracket B, carried on the inner face of the rear wall of the box adjacent the well A and the outer end portion of the lever B projects through the front wall of the box, the lever working vertically in an elongated slot A, formed in the said front wall. Within the box adjacent and parallel to the slot B is arranged a vertical coin-chute G. This chute is notched or cut away on one side, as shown at G, and the chute below the cut-out portion C is slightly offset with reference to that portion of the chute above the cut-out portion, and the noncut-out wall of the chute is slightly curved, as shown at G, whereby the coin is directed in its fall parallel to the front wall of the casing and guided into the offset portion.

Ametal plate D is secured to the front wall parallel with the coin-chute and at a right angle to the lever B, and to this plate is pivotally connected a locking-bar E, the bar being pivoted intermediate its ends. In the lever B is formed an aperture B and the bar E has formed on it adjacent its upper end a keeper adapted to engage the aperture of the lever and lock the same against movement, this keeper or projection E working toward and away from the lever as the bar swings on its pivot-point.

Below the pivotal point the locking-bar is reducedin width and arranged at a slight angle with reference to the upper part of the bar, the angle being such that when the keeper E is in engagement with the aperture B of the lever the lower portion of the bar will project into the cut-out portion 0 of the coinchute and partly restrict the passage.

A cam member is pivotally connected to the plate D, and this member F has a cam edge F, adapted to be engaged by the lever B. The cam is guided and limited in its movements by screw or bolt F extending through a curved slot F formed transversely in the cam-body. The cam has a laterally-extending arm F, which is pivotally connected to the reduced lower portion of the locking-bar E.

Arranged in the upper portion of the box above the lever is a frame G. This frame carries a plurality of stub-shafts H, H, and H H and H projecting laterally beyond the frame. The outer end of the shaft H carries a drum J and also a drum J, arranged within the frame and larger than the drum J. A gear-wheel K is also arranged loosely on the shaft H and carries a spring-pressed pawl K, engaging a ratchet K arranged rigidly on the shaft between the drum J and the gear K.

1 This pawl and ratch'et are-so arranged that I the .cable L and works in the well A when the belt or cable L is wound up on the drum J the pawl will slip and the gear K remain stationary; but when thecable unwinds the pawl is engaged by the ratchet-teeth and the gear-wheel K will be rotated. The stub-shaftH carries a pinion Kiengaged by the gear-wheel K, and a gear-wheel K in engagementv with a pinion .Kton the shaft VH Theouterend of the shaft H terminates in a cranked handle portion =M, towhich is attached a cord M, the cord dividing. adjacent its lower end, each branch being attached to an automaton M I A. weight L is attached to the lower-endof Acable N windson the drum J and is secured at one end to the lever B. A brake-arm O is pivvotedat oneend to a bracket Oandhas its opposite end bent to engage the teeth of the gear-wheel K. A arm P, carried by the lever, isadapted to engage the brake-arm 0 when the lever is inits normal position and hold the bent end out of engagement with the gearwheel K. -A: coin-slot A is formed in the top of the box inalinement with the coin-chute C.

- of the chute, where it contacts with the curved wall C and is thrown with somevforce against the lower endof the locking-bar, which is projected into the path of the coin. The weight of the coin forces this end ioutward and the upperend is'drawn inward, disengaging the .movement of the lower portionof the bar E 4 keeper E from the ,aperture in the-lever B, permitting the leverto-fall. The outward willalso throw-outward the cam member F, and the leverin itsfall willstrike the edge F, force the cam member inward, and through the arm F will return the-locking-bar to its normal I position.

ver unwinds the cable N, rotating the'drum J, shaftH, and drum J, windingthe cable Lzon thelatterand drawingup the weight L, the

. gear-trainbeing lockedby reason of'thebrakearm 0 having fallen into engagement with the gearrwheel K on the fall of the lever and withdrawal of the. arm P. The persondepositing the coin in the chute then lifts the lever B to its normal position, and the keeper E being beveled on the under side it Will again come into engagement with the aperture B and lock the le- The downward movement of the lever against further movement until another coin has been deposited in the chute. As the which causes the automatons to display lifelike movements resembling a boxing match, dancers, or such other representations as it may be desired to display.

Anyof the usual Well-known means for preventing working of the device by coins having strings attached to them may be employed in connection with this device; In Fig. 1 I'have shown a vertical plate Q, which is intended simply to hide from view the constructio'n'of the locking mechanism. This plate may be omitted, if desired. It will also be understood that glass panels may be arranged in the casing or box-frame at any points desired and on all four sides.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a coin-controlled apparatus, apivoted,

apertured lever adapted to fall by gravity, a locking-bar pivoted intermediate its ends and having a keeper adjacent its upper end adapted to engage the aperture of the lever, a coin-chute adapted to be partially closed by the lower end of the locking-bar, a movable cam member pivotally arranged in the path of the lever, and an arm connected at one end to the cam and at the opposite end pivoted to the locking-bar.

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, a casing vertically slotted, a coin-chute arranged adjacent the slot said chute being cut out on the side adjacent the slot, a lever pivoted in the casing and extending outwardly through the slot, a locking-bar pivoted intermediate its ends to the side of the casing, a keeper on said locking-bar adapted to engage the lever, the lower end of the locking-bar extending into the cut-out portion of the coin-chute, a cam member pivoted to the casing and having a cam-face normally extending across the slot in the casingand in the path of the lever, the said cam having a curved slot in its bodypor- 'tion, a stop-boltarranged on the inner face of the casing and projecting into the slot in the cam member and adapted to limit the movement of the cam, and an arm carried by the cam and connected to the locking-bar.

3. A coin-controlled apparatus comprislng a casing slotted vertically, a lever pivoted within the casing and extending through and working in the said 'slot, a vertically-arranged, continuous coin-chute arranged ad acent the IO between the vertical slot and the coin-chute,

the upper portion of the said locking-bar being adapted to engage the lever and the lower portion being adapted to project into the outout portion of the coin-chute, as and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT MARTINDELL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. WALSH, ELSIE M. HARRIS. 

